The Bristol Hercules is a 14-cylinder two-row radial aircraft engine designed by Sir Roy Fedden and produced by the Bristol Engine Company starting in...

Bristol suggested that they equip the aircraft with a pair of its new Hercules engines, capable of around 1,500 hp, in place of the 1,000 hp Bristol Taurus...

Hercules is the Roman adaptation of the Greek mythological hero Heracles. Hercules may also refer to: Hercules beetle Hercules (bear) (1975–2001), Scottish...

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bomber, powered by Bristol Hercules XVI engines. Stirling IV Para-dropping and glider towing assault transport, powered by Bristol Hercules XVI engines. Stirling...

(160 kW). Bristol maintained the Centaurus from type-testing in 1938, but production did not start until 1942, owing to the need to get the Hercules into production...

in production, but further developments led to the Bristol Hercules, Bristol Taurus, and Bristol Centaurus. The Aquila was developed two years after...

to 35,000 lb (14,000 to 16,000 kg) and to adopt the more powerful Bristol Hercules engine to power the Freighter. It was also considered that there would...

were used on variants of the aircraft, which included models of the Bristol Hercules and the Rolls-Royce Merlin engines. Recognisable characteristics of...

engines, using the Rolls-Royce Vulture, Napier Sabre, Fairey P.24 or Bristol Hercules engines. All of these engines were under development and while four-engined...

provisions for the use of Bristol Hercules as an alternative powerplant. In June 1938, mock-ups of both the AW.41 and Bristol 155 were examined, while...

and powered by four Rolls-Royce Merlins and in one of the versions, Bristol Hercules engines. It first saw service with RAF Bomber Command in 1942 and as...

the design was revised as the Nord 2501, powered by the SNECMA-built Bristol Hercules 738/9 engines instead, which was found acceptable. Accordingly, the...

various turboprop-powered designs, including the Bristol Britannia and the American-built Lockheed Hercules. Amid the latter years of the Second World War...

250 kW) Bristol Hercules 130 engines, three built. Viking 1A Initial production version with geodetic wings and two 1,690 hp (1,261 kW) Bristol Hercules 630...

model was furnished with a tricycle undercarriage and powered by four Bristol Hercules radial engines, each capable of generating up to 2,100 hp (1,570 kW)...

in 1943, which initially worked on a smaller proposal powered by Bristol Hercules radial engines; this was quickly superseded by a larger-capacity design...

in British aircraft engines of the 1940s, such as the Napier Sabre, Bristol Hercules, Centaurus, and the promising but never mass-produced Rolls-Royce Crecy...

three of more than 1,000 hp (746 kW): the Rolls-Royce Merlin, the Bristol Hercules radial engine and the Napier Dagger. The aircraft's estimated maximum...

The Bristol Aeroplane Company, originally the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, was both one of the first and one of the most important British...

(162 US gal; 610 L) + 2 x 100 imp gal (120 US gal; 450 L) Powerplant: 2 × Bristol Hercules 734 14-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engines, 2,000 hp (1,500 kW)...

key aircraft being developed by the Air Ministry, as well as Bristol Hercules engine. Bristol Aeroplane would not allow shadow factories to build complete...

claimed; other engine layouts considered included the use of two Bristol Hercules or Bristol Centaurus radial engines. The Handley Page HP.56, always intended...

control circuit. The engines on the second prototype were changed to Bristol Hercules radials and the aircraft became the prototype Tudor 7, which did not...

Coventry, England, run by Standard Motor Company and dedicated to making Bristol Hercules aero engines. The war-surplus plant was taken over by Standard in 1946...

initiated. These aircraft were to be powered by the 1,375 hp (1,025 kW) Bristol Hercules, the 1,050 hp (780 kW) Rolls-Royce Merlin and the 1,090 hp (810 kW)...

engines originally took place at Rover's satellite factory (and ex-Bristol Hercules engine plant) at Acocks Green in Birmingham: vehicle assembly took...

III) with four Bristol Hercules 663 engines HP.84 – airliner to Spec. C.2/47 HP.85 – Hermes airliner to Spec. C.2/47 with two Bristol Proteus coupled...

rudders and retractable landing gear, powered by two 1375 hp (1025 kW) Bristol Hercules radial piston engines. The T.IX first flew on 11 September 1939, but...

flying boat of aluminium construction. Power was provided by four Bristol Hercules engines. The aircraft could be fitted for 24 passengers with day and...